US policy shift leaves 300,000 in limbo retrace perilous journeys south, searching for stability US policy shift leaves 300,000 in limbo retrace perilous journeys south, searching for stability T wo small scars on either side of his left thigh remind Mario Torres of the worst day he has had during the two-plus years he has spent on the road crisscrossing Latin America searching for a stable life. Torres fled Venezuela in 2018, when he was just 18 years old. After a stint in Colombia and Peru,